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      ~You were there
       ignoring my cries
   when my innocence was stolen,
said later we were always fighting,
         you couldn't tell the difference~

      ~You let him do
         so many things
     a mom shouldn't allow~
  ~I prayed to understand,
  & have forgiven you, somehow,
   but you were also there
      to watch the man
      you chose over us
        repeatedly
    beat us, scare us,
      curse at us
until we used our broken wings to flee~
~but you stayed in your prison
   & because we're part of you,
      though we escaped,
          part of us stayed,
   & replayed all you go through
    each time we've prayed for you
         to one day
             escape, too~
             *~*~*~*
               ~*~
                *      ~By Anastazia Rowe~
                            Written in May, 2006.